Fire on the Mountain
Euphorbia cyathophoraFire on the Mountain is an annual wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow and green in May–Nov. Good for bees and butterflies.
Toxic — people, pets, livestock. Milky sap irritates skin and is painful in the eyes; toxic if eaten. Wear gloves to cut it and wash hands after. Applies to every spurge, including snow-on-the-mountain and snow-on-the-prairie.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Annual wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- May–Nov · yellow, green
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, loam, moist, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports bees and butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.